The first installmanet of the papers of Dr. Carl L. McQuagge, an important
figure in the history of the University of Southern Mississippi, has
arrived in the department of Manuscripts and Archives in the McCain Library
and Archives of the USM University Libraries. The papers are the gift
of Dr. McQuagge's sons John and Danny.

Dr. Carl McQuagge was one of the first faculty to be hired by USM President
R.C. Cook shortly after World War II, as the University began the period
of unprecedented growth which continues today. Dr. McQuagge served as
the principal of the Demonstration School from 1945 to 1959, as Registrar
from 1960 to 1963, and as dean of the College of Education and Psychology
from 1963 to 1970. The College is named for Dr. McQuagge and for the
previous dean Dr. Ralph Owings.

The McQuagge family home was located near the current site of the Owings-McQuagge
Building, and the two boys grew up on the USM campus. Their mother Mrs.
Atwell Temple McQuagge was a public school teacher. Both sons became
teachers like their parents. Dr. Dan McQuagge is a professor of English
at Delta State University, and his brother John is a retired member of
the faculty of the Perkinston campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community
College.

The McQuagge papers
donated to USM include not only materials from Dr. Carl McQuagge's
years of
service at USM but also "a suitcase full" of
manuscripts of the writings of his aunt Miss Alma Hickman, late Professor
Emerita of English at USM and author of the memoir Southern As I Saw
It. Miss Hickman was a member of the first faculty in 1912 and retired
in 1954. She died in 1971, following Dr. McQuagge's death the year before.
Upon the recent death of Dr. McQuagge's widow, their sons John and Dan
made the decision to donate their parents' papers to the University which
had been their home.

Accession Number: AM 96-45

Inclusive Dates: 1928-1971

Volume: .50 cu.ft.

Given By: Mr. Dan McQuagge and Mr. John McQuagge.

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized
copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States
Code).

Form of Material:

Materials documenting the life and career of Dr. Carl L. McQuagge, professor
and dean of the College of Education and Psychology at The University
of Southern Mississippi.